¹ Layard, , Nineveh and Babylon, pp. 164–67Google Scholar. The glazed bricks found by Layard probably came from the courtyard S 6, where we observed an old trench cutting into the south wall of the throne room. If so, they originally adorned the west facade of the corner tower or of the royal suite below. Rassam found little of interest; Gadd, C. J., The Stones of Assyria, p. 92Google Scholar.

² I.L.N., Dec. 7th, 1957, p. 968, fig. 2.

³ L.A.R., I, p. 183.

⁴ I.L.N., Nov. 23rd, 1957, p. 874, fig. 14.

⁵ The metal objects found in 1957 have been published by Mr.Stronach, David, Iraq, XX, Pt. 2, p. 169Google Scholar.

⁶ I.L.N., Nov. 30th, 1957, pp. 935–37, figs. 4–6, 9.

⁷ Iraq, XX, Pt. 2, Pl. XXXIII, 7.

⁸ Published by Mr.Segal, J. B., Iraq, XIX, Pt. 2, p. 139Google Scholar.

⁹ Smaller bricks with a comparable dragon stamp, some inscribed with the name of Aššur-etil-elani, were found in the Nabu Temple; and bricks with a bull stamp are known from Khorsabad, O.I.P., XL, Pl. 65 d. I am indebted to Professor Mallowan for this reference, and for much useful information and discussion on other points in this article. These stamps appear to be characteristic of the Sargonid dynasty, and it seems likely that the stamped bricks in SW 3 are to be associated with the repairs to the building carried out under Esarhaddon.

¹⁰ The value obtained for the qa in two experiments was 1·83 litres, but the problem of the capacity of the homer is further complicated by our ignorance of the precise meaning of the expression ‘in the sutu of x qa,’ which frequently accompanies measures of capacity and seems to define recognised variations in the larger measures.

¹¹ Ialuna was subject to the governor of Calah in 798 B.C.; L.A.R., I, p. 264.

¹² I.L.N., Nov. 23rd, 1957, p. 874, fig. 15.

¹³ Specimens of this material from the frescoes in the throne-room S5 have been analysed by Miss Joyce Plesters of the National Gallery, London, whose report is appended to this article, p. 127.

¹⁴ Iraq, XX, Pt. 2, pp. 172–74 and Pl. XXXIV, 1Google Scholar.

¹⁵ I.L.N., Jan. 17th, 1959, p. 100, fig. 7.

¹⁶ This is the most common size of brick in the original pavements of the building, as in the North-West Palace of Aššur-naṣir-pal II on the citadel.

¹⁷ A similar block was found lying on the surface on the south side of the tower.

¹⁸ I.L.N., Jan, 17th, 1959, Supplement p. iv.

¹⁹ The date of the accession of Sin-šar-iškun is still in doubt, but cannot be earlier than 626 B.C.; Gadd, C. J., ‘The Harran Inscription of Nabonidus,’ A.S., VIII, pp. 70–72Google Scholar.

²⁰ Other bricks depicting scenes of battle and the bringing of tributes were found in the vicinity of the tower, probably on the west side, by Layard, who observes that they differ in technique from those found in the North-West Palace and are probably later; Layard, , Nineveh and Babylon, pp. 164–167Google Scholar, and Monuments of Nineveh, 2nd Series, Pls. 53–54.

²¹ W. Andrae, Das Wiedererstandene Assur, Tafel 72.

²² Such figurines have been found at Nimrud in Phase E of the Burnt Palace, dated to the end of the ninth century B.C. (Iraq, XVIII, Pt. 1, p. 26Google Scholar), and the copper symbols were also found in foundation boxes in the palace south of the Nabu Temple, where the deposits were apparently renewed in the seventh century (Iraq, XX, Pt. 2, pp. 109 and 175Google Scholar, Pl. XXXVI, 4 and 10). The purpose of the figurines and comparable discoveries elsewhere are fully discussed by ProfessorMallowan, , Iraq, XVI, Pt. 1, pp. 87–92Google Scholar.

²³ I am indebted to Professor J. Læssøe for valuable preliminary information on these and other texts discovered in Fort Shalmaneser. He has now published the throne-base inscription, Iraq XXI, Pt. 1, p. 40Google Scholar.

²⁴ The box in front of the east jamb of the door contained two miniature copper spears (ND. 8197); the figurines which probably accompanied them had decayed beyond recognition, as had the contents of the box on the west side of the doorway.

²⁵ Large numbers of these fibulae were found in Fort Shalmaneser, and are published by David Stronach elsewhere in this volume, pp. 181–205.

²⁶ I.L.N., Jan. 17th, 1959, Supplement, p. ii.

²⁷ The pottery from Fort Shalmaneser is described elsewhere in this volume, p. 130.

²⁸ Published by Læssøe, Jørgen, Iraq, XXI, Pt. 1, p. 40Google Scholar.

²⁹ Other foundation deposits in the S sector have been located as follows. Courtyard S 2, north-west corner, spearman, uninscribed, ND.7848. Outside the doorway of S 10, west jamb, spearman and nude striding figure, ND.8186 A and B; east jamb, spearman and nude striding figure, ND.8191 A and B. Both the spearman figures ND.8186 A and 8191 A bore the first inscription quoted on p. 112 above, and the nude striding figure ND.8191 B was inscribed with an unintelligible text. Outside the east entrance of Corridor E, north jamb, spearman, ND.8189, inscription as ND.8186 A ; south jamb, two copper spears, ND.8145. Doorway leading from Corridor E to Corridor D, west jamb, spearman, uninscribed, with copper spear and dog figurine (Pl. XXXII, h), ND. 8183. Outside the west entrance of Corridor E, north jamb, male figure with roaring lion's head and right hand raised, ND.8181; south jamb, lion-man, ND.8190 (Pl. XXXII, f), and dog, ND.8196. Both lion-men are inscribed ‘… the one who averts…’. Bathroom S 20, south-west corner, spearman, ND. 8179, inscription illegible; north-west corner, spearman, inscribed as ND.8186 A; north-east corner, two spearmen, ND.8185 A and B, the second inscribed as ND.8186 A. Anteroom S 21, south-west corner, spearman, ND.8187; north-west corner, spearman, ND.8178; south-east corner, spearman, ND.8180; all three inscribed as ND.8186 A.

³⁰ Botta, Monument de Ninive, Vol. I, Pl. 29, Facade n, slab no. 17; cf. also Facade L, slabs nos. 26 and 27.

³¹ See report on the analysis of pigments by Miss Joyce Plesters, p. 127.

³² See pp. 134, 137 and Pl. XXXVIII, 87, 90, 91.

³³ The turbans of the two human figures and the appliqué harness of the horse are treated in the same way, with a series of transverse notches; this technique can also be observed in the more finely modelled female head, originally attached as a cup to the rim of a large water jar, which was found in S 32 (ND.7330, Pl. XXXII, g).

³⁴ A Bes mask, showing points of resemblance to our figure in the treatment of the beard and eyebrows, was attached to the base of one of the corner posts of a chariot found in the tomb of Tutankhamun (P. Fox, Tutankhamun's Treasure, Pl. 7A).

³⁵ I am indebted to Mr. H. S. Smith of Christ's College for information concerning the attributes and iconography of Bes, and for calling my attention to various parallels, the closest of which are to be found in the tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu, dated to the early fourteenth century B.C. (Catalogue Général des Antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos. 51001–51191, by M. J. E. Quibell. In particular, a silvered plaster relief, the middle of three decorating a bed-head (Pl. XXIX) and an openwork figure incorporated in a chair-back (Pl. XXXII) depict Bes wearing a kilt, with protrading tongue, cow ears and square-cut beard. The ostrich feather crown is a common feature on amulets (Flinders Petrie, Amulets, Pl. XXXIII, 188) and elsewhere (Wallis Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, illustration opposite p. 286Google Scholar), but I know of no exact parallel for the position of the hands, which are usually holding various objects or placed on the hips.

³⁶ I.L.N., Jan, 17th, 1959, Supplement, p. iii.

³⁷ The west wall of the courtyard of the Burnt Palace fell suddenly in the same manner and at approximately the same time, since it too overlies the debris of late seventh century occupation on the courtyard pavement. It seems possible that an earthquake shock or series of shocks not long after the fall of Calah was responsible for accelerating the collapse of some of the buildings. We may recall that there was a suggestion of an earlier earthquake in the split platform underlying the ninth century buildings of the Burnt Palace (Iraq, XVIII, Pt. 1, p. 24 and Pl. VIIIGoogle Scholar).

³⁸ Sumer, XII, Pt. 1, A. Heidel, ‘A New Hexagonal Prism of Esarhaddon,’ col. IV, ll. 32–35.

³⁹ Burnt wood is, of course, commonly found, but it survives in the unburnt state only when protected by copper sheathing or under exceptionally humid conditions as, for instance, at the bottom of a well.